Lock for automobiles.



C. E. COOP. LOCK FOR AUTOMOBILES. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 24. 1916.

Patented July 11, 1916.

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s ecification bf Letters Patent.

Patented July lit, rare.

Application filed March 24, 1916. Serial No. 86,509.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES E. Coor, a citizen of the United States, and'a resident of Oklahoma city, in the county of @klahoma and State of Oklahoma, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Looks 'for Automobiles, of which the following is a specification, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings.

an object of the invention is to provide a cheap, simple, and convenient device for locking the lever of an automobile.

The accompanying drawings show one embodiment of the invention in practical form.

Figure 1 is a fragmental perspective view showingthe body and foot lever of an automobile, and showing the device set in looking position. 'Fig. 2 is a plan view of the device with its parts in locking position, the pad-lock being omitted. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2, but with the parts in run locked position and with a certain leverembracing clamp also omitted.

Referring to the several figures, in all of which like characters of reference designate like parts, the device includes two links 5 and 6 which'are pivoted together at the point 7 and adapted to be held in the form of a substantially straight and rigid brace to hold the lever 8 against movement with respect to'the body of the vehicle. 'lo pivot one end bf this brace to the body of the vehicleya plate 9 may be supported by the front-boardill) oiisaid body, and in this instance said piate is bolted to the lower portion of thebase. 11 of the steering column 12. I two lugs 13 between which the front oi? the link 5 ispivoted. The reanend-ctthe link 6 is pivoted to a block 14 which is connected in any suitablemann er to he iever 8. For connecting this bloclr it to the lever 8, its two lugs 15 pivotally straddle the rear endof a two-part clamp 16 which embraces said lever, and the front end of this clamp is held together by a bolt 17.

To hold the two links 5 and 6 in the form of a rigid brace for locking the lever 8, a

point 19 0f the plate 9 and the pivotal point A-A which passes through the pivotal 20 ot' the block 14-; a bifurcated lug 21 on oneof the links, 5, straddling said rod and having eyes 22 through which the shackle of apad-lock 23 may be passed to lock said lug to said rod.

The link 5 is provided with a projection I 24: which abuts the rod 18 and limits the movement of the pivotal :point 7 of the links 5 and 6 toward the dead-center line A A, and by holding said point 7 a little off said line the links will not fail to open outward away from the rod after the pad-lock 23 is removed and a forward thrust directed r against the lever 8.

Having thus described the invention, 1 claim:

1. In a device of the vclass described, a support, a straight rod pivoted to the support, a block mounted slidably on the rod and adapted to be attached to a lever, a brace having one of its ends pivoted. to the support and its other end to the block, said brace having a pivot joint intermediate its ends whereby it may be swung from bracing position and allow movement of the block on the rod, and means for limiting the movement oi said pivot joint toward the rod.

in a device of the class described, a support, a straight rod pivoted to the support. a block mounted slidably on the'rod and adapted to be attached to a lever, a brace having one of its ends pivoted to the support and its other end to the block, said brace comprising two link members engaging each other by a pivot joint, one of the link members having a projection adapted to abut the rod and thereby limit the movement of the pivot joint of said link members toward said rod. 2

8. In a device of the class described, a

end adapted to-beatt'ached to a lever. a

,brace' having one of' its ends pivoted to the support and its other end to the bloek said brace comprising two link members, engagmg each" other by apivotjoint, one of the 1 link members having a bifurcated lug adapted to straddle the rod, and having a projection adapted to abut the rod to limit 10 the movement of the pivot joint of said link members toward said rod.

Witness my hand this 20 day of March, 1916. 1

' CHARLES E. COOP. 

